SAN FRANCISCO: A group of European digital advertising associations on Friday (Jul 3) criticised Apple’s plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them across other apps and websites. Apple last week disclosed features in its forthcoming operating system for iPhones and iPads that will require […]
Year: 2020
THE HAGUE: Dutch authorities announced Friday (Jul 3) that another mink farm has been infected with the novel coronavirus, making 18 in total, with thousands of animals to be culled. The outbreak was reported on a farm at Landhorst in the southeast, the Health Ministry said in a statement, in […]
SHANGHAI: Rainstorms are expected for large parts of China over the weekend, the state weather bureau said on Friday (Jul 3), forecasting even more extreme weather a day after some regions suffered more than 200mm of rainfall. China’s emergency ministry warned that water levels in the middle reaches of the […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s total retail sales fell a record 52.1 per cent on a year-on-year basis in May, while the country was still under a COVID-19 “circuit breaker”, according to data released by the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on Friday (Jul 3). The drop was the steepest since records began in […]
PARIS: The French government on Friday (Jul 3) called on Air France to avoid mandatory layoffs as the airline prepared to announce some 7,500 job cuts to cope with a collapse in travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Managers at the airline, part of Air France-KLM Group, are due to […]
A sewage-based coronavirus test could be an “easy win” that would pick up infection spikes up to 10 days earlier than with existing medical-based tests. Scientists led by UK’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology are working on a standardised test to “count” the amount of coronavirus in a wastewater sample. […]
The UK is spending $500m (£400m) on a stake in failed satellite firm OneWeb as part of a plan to replace the loss of the EU’s Galileo sat-nav system. OneWeb went bankrupt in March while trying to build a spacecraft network to deliver broadband. The UK is part of a […]
HONG KONG: The popular protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” connotes separatism or subversion, the city’s government said, pointing to crimes that are covered under the new national security law imposed by Beijing. The rallying cry appears on placards at rallies, is printed on clothes and accessories […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s aviation regulator has temporarily suspended pilots employed by domestic airlines who hold Pakistani licences, after the government of the south Asian nation revealed that many pilots had dubious qualifications. The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) said in a statement on Thursday (Jul 3) that the decision […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: In the unlikely scenario of Romain Grosjean sweeping to a podium finish at Sunday’s (Jul 5) Austrian Grand Prix, he demands forgiveness should he break the strict COVID-19 health protocols put in place at the Red Bull Ring. “We will want to jump into the arms of the […]